to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to ignore; to disregard; to overlook; to connive at
young adult still living at home; dependent; female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period); freeloader living in a samurai's house; young kabuki actor in service of a master (Edo period)
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
strong beginning and weak ending; anticlimax
gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering
set; company; companions; fellows
launching out; embarking upon (a career)
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
New Year's greetings; New Year's call; New Year's gift
morning assembly; morning gathering; morning meeting
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
a crowd or large number of one's retainers or subjects
(arch.) slave; retainer; servant; captive; varlet; I
making up a prescription; dispensing medicine; preparing medicine
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
compounding of medicine; dispensing (medicine); dispensation (e.g. of heaven); providence; combining
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
eighth day of the month; eight days
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to give a dinner party; to hold a banquet
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence